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Budgeted Fixed Manufacturing
The budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead rate is that rate at which the total budgeted fixed overhead costs are allocated.
Production Volume Variance:
The production volume variance is the difference between the budgeted amount of fixed overhead costs and the fixed overhead cost allocated for the actual output. The positive production volume variance shows under-utilization of capacity and the negative production variance shows the over-utilization of capacity.
The effect of production-volume variance on T’s operating income in 2015.
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To explain: The reason because of which controllers deliberately overestimate their future meal counts.
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The other evidence that the T’s president seeks to investigate S’s concerns.
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The two specific steps that S may take to reduce the hospital controller’s incentives to inflate their estimated meal counts.

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